Subject: R/V Knorr Voyage #221-04 - Cruise Letter
3 September 2014
Captain Sheasley
R/V Knorr, Voyage #221-04
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mail Stop #27
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Dear Captain Sheasley:
On or about 7 September 2014, your vessel being ready for sea and weather
permitting, you will depart Reykjavik, Iceland. Upon completion of science
activities you may call upon the port of Woods Hole, MA on or about 28 September
2014.
Science objectives will include carrying out the first deployment of the NSF
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Irminger Sea Array, installing four
moorings and up to five gliders. The platforms will carry multi-disciplinary
instrumentation and provide the capability for real time communication of data
and control of sampling. A surface mooring will instrument the sea surface and
upper ocean, capturing the surface forcing and upper ocean variability. A
profiling mooring will measure through the water column. Two additional taut
subsurface moorings and the gliders will complete the capabilities to obtain
vertical profiles and sample the mesocale (10s to 100 km) variability at the
site.
Science activities will include: 1) Survey the bathymetry of the site to
establish the positions for the four moorings of the first deployment and also
the second set of four adjacent sites for the second deployment one year later;
2) Deploy the four moorings; 3) Deploy three gliders in support of horizontal
and vertical sampling in and around the array; 4) Deploy two gliders focused on
vertical profiling; and 5) Carry out shipboard sampling in support of
calibration and validation of the deployed sensors on the moorings and gliders
and to add to knowledge of the site.
R/V Knorr
Voyage #221-04
Reykjavik, Iceland – Woods Hole, MA
7 September 2014 – 28 September 2014
Scientific personnel participating on this cruise under the direction Dr. Robert
Weller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:
Dr. Robert Weller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Kristopher Newhall, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. James Ryder IV, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Stephen Murphy, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Brian Kelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Warren Wellwood, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mr. Daniel Bogorff, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dr. Matthias Lankhorst, University of California San Diego
Mr. Spencer Kawamoto, University of California San Diego
Mr. Sven Ober, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Mr. Romain Heux, University of California San Diego
Mr. Thomas Phelps – University of California San Diego
Mr. Oscar Guerrero – University of California San Diego
Mr. Aaron Lineback – University of California San Diego
Ms. Isabella Arzeno Soltero – University of California San Diego
Mr. Jannes Kolling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mr. Ethan Morris, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Ms. Allison Heater, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Ms. Tina Thomas, Duke University
Mr. Kevin Reinhardt (MATE Intern)
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The ship’s agent in Reykjavik, Iceland is:
NOTE: TVG-Zimsen and WHOI contacts must be notified of all equipment and supply
shipments. WHOI contacts must be copied on all correspondence with the agent.
Master R/V Knorr
Attn: Dr. Robert Weller, KN221-04
c/o TVG-Zimsen ehf
Korngardar 2
104 Reykjavik
Iceland
Phone: 011 354 560 0700
Fax: 011 354 5600 780
24 Hour Mobile Service: 011 354 856 0701
**Email: eca@tvg.is - Note: Please use this address for all email correspondence
with the agent(s).
Primary Contact: Johann Bogason
Direct line: 011 354 856 0701
Email: johann@tvg.is
The ship’s agent in Woods Hole, MA is:
Master R/V Knorr
Attn: Dr. Robert Weller, KN221-04
c/o WHOI
266 Woods Hole Rd.
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Contact: Chad Smith
Phone: (508) 289-3811
Fax: (508) 457-2185
Email: csmith@whoi.edu
Note: Agent and WHOI contacts should be copied on all communications. It is
requested that shipment information of any equipment be communicated to the
Agent and WHOI contacts
Please note: At the completion of this voyage, the Captain should complete a
Post-Cruise Assessment form. The form is online at the following web site:
http://www.gso.uri.edu/unols/pcarform.htm
Please advise the Port Office of all personnel changes prior to departure and
maintain the daily SITREP via INMARSAT C or other means as required.
Please advise the Port Office of all significant expenses incurred, particularly
the quantity, price and source of fuel oil.
Also, at each port stop, please advise the Port Office the gallons of fuel on
board, stating the date the inventory was taken.
I wish you a pleasant and successful voyage.
Very truly yours,
Robert Munier
Vice President for Marine Facilities and Operations
RM/kag